“You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream!” I’m pretty sure that’s what this Ruddy Turnstone is calling out. On our second day here in Delaware, an adult in full breeding plumage brought all his friends with him to the rocks at the edge of the water as the morning tide ebbed in the nature preserve and salt marsh where we ended our previous day’s shooting. They came in huge numbers and gave us a morning of spectacular photography most likely because we ate ice cream the previous afternoon. As much tradition on a wildlife trip with Moose as it is a proven fact, eating ice cream ensures successful wildlife photography and in particular, bird photography. Despite high winds, even more intense than the day before, the birds congregated near us on the shore, scooping up Horseshoe Crab eggs. When an occasional vehicle passed, many in the flocks flushed and flew over the water in magnificent murmurations before alighting again to feed and take shelter from the wind. This Turnstone has a band, probably attached just the day before by a team of biologists studying shorebirds who have been at this spot both days, banding birds for their studies.